Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Shitang Yuejie Songs, as one genre of Chinese folk songs and a vibrant constituent of Lingnan Culture, are rooted in the emotions, customs, beliefs, lives, and cultural traditions of the ordinary people living the area called Shitang. As a kind of unique cultural form, the translation of Shitang Yuejie Songs is also a kind of cultural translation. After reviews the translation propositions proposed by such renowned translators as Arthur Waley, Burton Watson, Bill Porter, John Minford, Wang Baotong, Wang Rongpei and Athony Appiah, this paper proposes some general principles concerning the translation of Shitang Yuejie Songs and puts them into practice.
DOI: 10.30560/ilr.v8n4p8
Authors: Dong Wang, Guangtao Cao
Institutions: Foshan University, Guangdong University of Education
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415216716
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